EP0264265A3 - Print head movement velocity control system for printer - Google Patents

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EP0264265A3
EP0264265A3 EP87309063A EP87309063A EP0264265A3 EP 0264265 A3 EP0264265 A3 EP 0264265A3 EP 87309063 A EP87309063 A EP 87309063A EP 87309063 A EP87309063 A EP 87309063A EP 0264265 A3 EP0264265 A3 EP 0264265A3
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printer
control system
print head
movement velocity
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Jerry Walter Malcolm
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International Business Machines Corp
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/485—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by the process of building-up characters or image elements applicable to two or more kinds of printing or marking processes
    • B41J2/505—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by the process of building-up characters or image elements applicable to two or more kinds of printing or marking processes from an assembly of identical printing elements
    • B41J2/5056—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by the process of building-up characters or image elements applicable to two or more kinds of printing or marking processes from an assembly of identical printing elements using dot arrays providing selective dot disposition modes, e.g. different dot densities for high speed and high-quality printing, array line selections for multi-pass printing, or dot shifts for character inclination
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K15/00—Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data, e.g. computer output printers
    • G06K15/02—Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data, e.g. computer output printers using printers
    • G06K15/10—Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data, e.g. computer output printers using printers by matrix printers

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  • Quality & Reliability (AREA)
  • Character Spaces And Line Spaces In Printers (AREA)
  • Dot-Matrix Printers And Others (AREA)
EP87309063A 1986-10-14 1987-10-14 Print head movement velocity control system for printer Expired - Lifetime EP0264265B1 (en)

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US06/918,413 US4833626A (en) 1986-10-14 1986-10-14 Optimizing printer throughput
US918413 1986-10-14

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EP0264265A2 EP0264265A2 (en) 1988-04-20
EP0264265A3 true EP0264265A3 (en) 1989-03-22
EP0264265B1 EP0264265B1 (en) 1993-08-04

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EP87309063A Expired - Lifetime EP0264265B1 (en) 1986-10-14 1987-10-14 Print head movement velocity control system for printer

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US (1) US4833626A (en)
EP (1) EP0264265B1 (en)
JP (1) JP2507752B2 (en)
BR (1) BR8704473A (en)
DE (1) DE3786871T2 (en)

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EP0264265B1 (en) 1993-08-04
BR8704473A (en) 1988-05-24
DE3786871D1 (en) 1993-09-09
JPS6398472A (en) 1988-04-28
US4833626A (en) 1989-05-23
DE3786871T2 (en) 1994-03-17
EP0264265A2 (en) 1988-04-20

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